Orphan

Orphan is a raw coming-of-age film by Hungarian Oscar winner László Nemes (Son of Saul, Sunset). Once again, we are drawn into a harrowing story set amid the turmoil of the twentieth century in the heart of Europe.

The Jewish boy Andor (Bojtorján Barábas) grows up in Budapest in 1957, in the shadow of the Hungarian Revolution, alongside his stoic mother Klára (Andrea Waskovics). Raised on an idealized image of his father Hirsch, he has been waiting for eleven years for a man he barely knew. Andor’s life is turned upside down by the arrival of Berend Mihály (Grégory Gadebois), a rough man from the countryside. He appears to be connected to Klára’s mysterious past during World War II and claims to be his father.